Paulo Coelho Quotes
Routine has nothing to do with repetition. To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive.
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My view is that life is too short. I'm not being melodramatic or anything, but when your mother dies in your arms - just you and her, and it's one o'clock in the morning, and you're waiting for her to exhale - you just think, life's too bloody short to argue about the little things.
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The cadence of life is slower in North Korea.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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It's kind of comfortable portraying characters who are kind of unsavoury and not so nice. That can be refreshing sometimes.
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The Olympics have their own unique atmosphere and energy. People might say it's just the same as any other competition, but don't kid yourself. There's a hunger for victory.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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Jokes that are gratuitously offensive are synonymous with bad writing to me. I'm offended as a writer first and as a person second.
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When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.
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Here I am sitting in the back of a cab with Catherine Zeta-Jones who is telling me Michael Douglas has fond memories of me - it just makes me feel good as a human being.
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Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the people I'm writing about are definitely not comfortable, and being shot while they're still inside is a good possibility.
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I did plays in high school, and I usually got cast in the comic role, which I really enjoyed.
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Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life.
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Routine has nothing to do with repetition. To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive.
